XLRI was founded in 1949 by Fr
Quinn Enright, S.J. in the Steel City of Jamshedpur. Over many years, XLRI has
developed its own identity. The hall mark of this identity is, not to walk on
the beaten path but to strike new routes; not to benchmark but to be
benchmarked, to be second to none but to be the first to respond to the needs
of the people and the nation, by taking up the tasks which are bold but
necessary which nobody has hitherto taken up.

For
BM and PMIR Programmes, graduates who have completed 3 years of Bachelorâ€™s
degree or equivalent in any discipline recognized by University or DeemedUniversity are eligible to apply.

Expenses:

The
fee for BM and PMIR Programmes is payable in two instalments every year. The
approximate annual fee for the MBA programme is Rs. 175,500.

Test
Accepted: Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT)

Institute
Facts (Infra, Activities etc.)

Over
a short span of time, XLRI has developed academic collaborations and exchange
partnerships with prestigious institutes throughout the world. The partners are
renowned globally in the field of management teaching and research and are
accredited by various international associations.

The
Library of XLRI came into existence in 1949 when the Institute was established
in the Steel City of Jamshedpur, Bihar. It was named after
late Sir, Jehangir Ghandy in February 1972. The aim of the Library is to serve
the needs of our faculty, Research Scholars, Students and Members of the
Library. It is the heart of the institution and acts as a center for the
collection of literature predominantly related to labour relations, management
and its allied subjects and develops a comprehensive collection of information
that is useful for teaching and reference purpose.

XLRI
has GIGABIT Fibre backbone throughout the campus to support the Instituteâ€™s
local area network. Every student is equipped with a laptop/desktop in his /her
room and has round the clock access to intranet as well as internet. Entire
academic activities such as e-bulletin board, e-discussion forum, grades and
feedback, on line leave application, course outline, electives, handouts, class
schedule are made available to the faculty, students and the administration on
their desktop. Apart from the individual nodes, more than 200 units of
latest Pentium workstation, scanners, laser printers or desk jet printers,
close circuit camera, multimedia projectors, digital camera to serve the desk need
of faculty, studentâ€™s computer centre, classrooms, examination hall,
auditorium, library and various administrative offices.

XLRI
began offering the Executive Programme in Dubai in collaboration with
the Al Abbas Institute of Technology from October 2001. A new chapter was set
up in Singapore in March 2006 in
alliance with Image International.

Sports
are taken seriously at XLRI. The fields/courts on campus include Badminton,
Basket Ball, Cricket, Football, Tennis and Volley Ball. There is a multi gymnasium
located in the building named after Mr. S. C. Sarkar. In addition to the
facilities on campus, students at XL have access to swimming pools, tennis
courts, squash courts, and a synthetic athletics track through XLRIâ€™s
affiliation with local clubs and other sports associations.

The
PMIR course is the oldest and the most prestigious of the Institute's teaching
programmes.

XLRI
offers a two-year full time programme on Business Management, on the completion
which, candidates are conferred with Postgraduate diploma in Business
Management (PGDBM). This programme is extremely prestigious and is rated as one
of the finest of its kind in the country.

Societies

Asterix-
Association for Strategy and Entrepreneurship in XLRIAxiom-
Association at XLRI for Industrial and Operations ManagementBridges-Building Research Initiatives
for Developing and Generating Enterprising Solutions. BRIDGES owes its
inception to the need to promote and encourage research oriented work on the
campus.Dracula-Dramatics
and Cultural Association at XLRIExternal
Linkage-External Linkages Cell, XLRI JamshedpurFinax-
The Finance Association of XLRIMaxi-The
Marketing Association of XLRIFire-
The Forum for Industrial Relations at XLRISports
Comm- The sports committeeSAC-
The Students Affairs CouncilPOISE-
Programme for International Student Exchange at XLRISapphire-
The Students Association for the Promotion of Personnel Management, Human
Resources and Industrial Relations at XLRISIGMA-
Social Initiative Group for Managerial Assistance
Socrates-Society for the Rapid Assimilation of Technology and SystemsXLNC-XLRI
Nature ClubLibComm-
Libcomm is a committee of students working for the upliftment of the Sir
Jehangir Ghandy Library at XLRI Jamshedpur.

I appreciate your Institute Info series. Dagny, In addition to this i would like to know the hidden criteria for shortlisting candidates like IIM-B requires X, XII, and UG with 87%, 87%, and 85% respectively. I'm asking this because In my university topper (Rank 1,Gold Medalist) have 78% marks. So, What to do?

Is IIM or Any Top Institute only a dream?

Is it possible to get admission in them irrespective of our previous acadmic performance?

However, I was winner of Best Student Award, Best Performer (In My Current Comany), and Technical Excellence Award ( In Current Company).

hey how can you say that IIM -B wants more than 87 87 in X and X|| ? I've scored 80 + in both, and as far I know(from what I have read in the IIM B selection procedure) , they give weightage to your X and X|| scores, so the higher you score, the better it is, but they don't say that you should've scored more than 87 in both of em. Dagny , please confirm .......

It is no where mentioned that IIMB requires the percentage mentioned by you. I don't know where have you picked up this information from.Read this-

For all candidates in
the first shortlist as stated in Table 1, the candidatesâ€™ percentage scores in
the 10th and 12th board exams are standardized by dividing each score by the
90th percentile score obtained in that board. The database of 10th and 12th scores
of all CAT applicants of the past two years was used for identifying the 90th
percentile score for each 10th and 12th board for this purpose.

To summarize the above, lets take an example. Say a topper in your board (CBSE/ICSE/ state board) has scored 80% , it means that he is a 100 percentiler and say someone who has scored 78% is a 90 percentiler. Now for eg you have scored 75%, to standardize the process, your percentage will be calculated as follows -

75/78*100=96%. It means that your percentage is 96, as per the standardization rule of IIMB.

As far as graduation scores go, read the following:-

For
all candidates in the first shortlist as stated in (1), final scores obtained
by the candidate were used for the bachelorâ€™s degree and professional degrees
(if any).Incomplete or intermediate scores were considered only if the
candidateâ€™s final score was pending. Thus, for final year bachelorâ€™s degree
candidates, their incomplete graduation score would be taken in lieu of final
graduation score. Graduation scores were standardized within their respective
categories. This provided the standardized score for the bachelorâ€™s degree for
all candidates in the first shortlist.

For eg. you can never compare the percentage score of an English Hons graduate and a Software Engineer because an English Hons graduate can be a topper at 61% in Delhi University but in engineering, students score even till 90% . So, the graduation scores are standardized in their respective fields.

Hope this helps! And IIMs or any other top college is not a dream. If you score a high percentile in CAT, there is nothing that can stop you from getting a call for GD-PI. And if you perform well in your GD-PI, there is nothing that can stop you from getting an admission in a B School. In a nutshell, concentrate on your CAT preparation as of now and rest we will see then

This is my first post on TG.Thanks for your clarification on the past performance requirement for getting in to top notch B-Schools.I always had a thought that top B-Schools will never select me caz, I have a bad score in my x and xii.However as you last sentence in the above articale says.. that only a person's hard work and preapartion can turn any odds.

Can you kindly let us knbow about the admission procedures for "Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management". I mean .... will be obliged if u can inform us the following stuffs .....do they accept CAT, XAT score... or do we have to write one more separate entrance for that. ... when exactly their admission takes place... etc....

dagny thnks a lot for such valuable info.... i was having ine doubt as far as my work ex record is concerned.actually i hv been working at IMS learning resources pvt. ltd. as bus. dev. exec. n now manager focussed mainly on marketing..should i show the work ex of IMS ?

I would not be able to comment much upon the sectional cut off for XISS because they have not mentioned it officially ever.However keeping your Verbal cut off in consideration, it is difficult to get a call from GIM. Also, if the overall profile of the student is strong and diversified, B School do give calls irrespective of low performance in one of the sections. The qualifying percentile for the batch 2007-2009 for GIM was 90. Also, for GIM, the final selection will be made tentatively in April 2008 on the basis
of XAT scores (50% weightage), the candidateâ€™s past academic
performance (10% weightage), performance in group discussion and
individual interview (30 % weightage) and work experience (10% weightage

First of all thanks a lot for ur contribution in this wonderful site as every article on this is very useful.

I would be very grateful if you can name some good B-schools whose eligibility criteria is not 50% (apart from IIFT) bcz unfortunately my %age is 48% in graduation & also would like to know the prospects of me getting into such B Schools considering i have 2 yrs of experience in a BPO Company.